Chlorophyll has excellent healing properties, such as inhibiting inflammation, improving thyroid function, cleansing the body of toxins and heavy metals, strengthening the circulatory system and improving liver function. What other properties does wheatgrass have and how to use it?
We will get it in the form of preparations, but you can also grow it at home. Wheatgrass is worth eating as an addition to dishes or in processed form, as juice. It is definitely worth it – it contains many valuable nutrients such as minerals, amino acids and vitamins.
Valuable chlorophyll is the main component of wheatgrass
Wheatgrass owes its health-promoting properties to the high content of the green pigment produced as a result of photosynthesis – chlorophyll. It has a high concentration of oxygen, which facilitates its delivery in larger amounts to the blood. When drinking wheatgrass juice regularly, it has been observed that the number of red blood cells and the concentration of oxygen in the blood increase, which improves its parameters. In conclusion, wheatgrass has excellent effect on the heart and our circulatory system.
Except that, high concentration of chlorophyllu has a good effect on the functioning of the digestive system – prevents constipation and improves digestion. Chlorophyll is very important for our entire body, because it protects against radiation and free radicals, neutralizing carcinogenic compounds. So it prevents cancer. Moreover, he has antiseptic effect, therefore it will work well in the treatment of ulcers, wounds, sinusitis, skin diseases, parasitic infections, chronic inflammation of the inner ear, skin inflammation, psoriasis.
It will also be perfect for body detoxbecause it neutralizes toxins and has an antibacterial effect. What else is in wheatgrass:
- enzymes – indole protecting against cancer, catalases protecting against cell damage, superoxide dismutase neutralizing free radicals,
- Vitamins and minerals – from group B, A, C, E, magnesium, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, sodium.
In what form to take wheatgrass?
It is available in the form of juices, tablets, capsules and extracts. It is also available in the form of seeds, which are used to self-grow at home. Most often it is used in the form of juice, drunk on an empty stomach, which increases the absorption of nutrients contained in it. Ingredients taken in the form of tablets are less absorbable, so it is better to use wheatgrass in the form of an extract added to, for example, drinks, tea, or consumed as cocktails. Wheatgrass leaves can also be eaten as an addition to salads, soups and sandwiches.